Juvenile delinquency movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of juvenile delinquency movies
198
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rob, an ambitious photographer trying to boost his career, hooks up with a gang in an attempt to document life in the hood. He, however, realizes he is in too deep as bodies start to drop.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, crime drama
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto life, society, friendship, realism, starting over, life is a bitch, youth, urban, black, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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808
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style:
sincere, captivating, atmospheric, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
teenage life, missing child, self discovery, juvenile delinquency, society, family relations, rebellion, adolescence vs adulthood, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
melbourne, australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of young immigrants from Soviet Union live in a provincial Israeli town. In their new homeland the only person who follows them closely is the local policeman, family ties are wearing out day by day, and they do everything to mess their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, captivating
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, teenage life, rivalry, kids in trouble, buddies, youth, sport team, society, contests and competitions, immigrant, family crisis, football ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, soviet union, russia, ukraine, ussr
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Biopic of Spain's Juan Carlos Delgado "El Pera", a young delinquent in the 1980's who is a car pilot and a sport journalist nowadays.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, stylized
Plot:
kids in trouble, coming of age, going straight, juvenile delinquency, hopes, youth, car chase, nudity, father hits son, older woman younger man relationship, female nudity, robbery ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
spain, madrid
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Barbarians" is a teenage drama about coming of age in a world where there is no opportunity. A portrait of a young generation growing up in a society of lost values.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, rough, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, life is a bitch, youth, society, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, barbarian, boy, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, serbia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
youth, motocross, father son relationship, juvenile delinquent, social worker, death of mother, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy ...
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
goth, serial killer, murder, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, investigation, uncover truth, gory, suburbs, killing spree, supernatural being, true crime ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 2000s
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Adventure
Country: USA, South Korea, Philippines, China, Taiwan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Fillmore! is an American animated television series which was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series was created by Scott M. Gimple and directed by Christian Roman. It was the last series produced by Walt Disney Television ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, exciting, parody ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
problem solving, juvenile delinquency, unlikely partners, youth, starting over, crossover, african american, amateur detective, black, heroes, rehabilitation, rivalry ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, rough, controversial ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, juvenile delinquency, uncover truth, teenage life, social decay, life is a bitch, society, human spirit, idealism, youth, hopes ...
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Starring Jurgen Prochnow ('The Replacement Killers' 'Air Force One' and Patrick Muldoon 'Stigmata' 'Starship Troopers'), 'Heart of America' is a powerhouse of a contemporary drama and essential ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
school shooting, high school, bullying, bully, juvenile delinquency, vengeance, teenage life, psychopath, youth, hardcase students, life is a bitch, social misfits ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Film following four teenage girls around Hong Kong. The story centers around a young girl who is dealing with a pregnancy.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, lifestyle, life is a bitch, society, sexual relations, friendship, sexual promiscuity, teenage pregnancy, drug ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia
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82
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Jack Flinter is skating on thin ice. Known to his friends as "Flick", he is drifting through life, dealing a bit of hash, drinking and screwing around. His girlfriend Alice has had enough. His friend and business partner Des is strung out, ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
drug dealing, going straight, juvenile delinquency, addiction, police corruption, drug abuse, society, life is a bitch, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, organized crime, gangster, friends ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The maconha cigarrete is just the final drop ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug addiction, youth, mental institution, teenage life, dysfunctional family, unsupportive parent, juvenile delinquency, parents and children, family problems, society, life is a bitch, misfit ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
south america, latin america, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, kids in trouble, sexual abuse, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, society, life is a bitch, youth, haunted by the past, drug abuse, addiction, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way through the harshness of the occidental city. Their encounter with a gang of Turks will rapidly led them into an inevitable tragical spiral filled with death and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, disturbing
Plot:
kurd, politics, racism, immigrant, orphan, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, social decay, friendship, injustice, society, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, kurdistan
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story:
Folks, meet Takashi Kamiyama. Enrolled at Cromartie High, where everybody is a delinquent, Kamiyama is apparently the only non-delinquent in the school. Logically, therefore, he must be the toughest in his class—by the rather twisted logic that ...
Style:
anime, humorous, not serious, surreal, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, delinquent, satire, gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, rivalry, youth, buddies, adolescence vs adulthood, parallel world, criminal ...
Place:
japan
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216
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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636
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, orphan, kids in trouble, children, male bonding, coming of age, life is a bitch, human spirit, juvenile delinquency, friendship, boarding school life, teenage life ...
Time:
60s, year 1960
Place:
hungary, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Style:
serious, psychological, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, native american, society, lifestyle, youth, parents and children, dysfunctional family, homecoming, american indian, deer hunting ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, rough, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
school shooting, found footage, childhood, school massacre, vengeance, brutality, suicide, friendship, serial killer, bullying, rebellion, justice ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
california
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
hip hop, graffiti, street art, juvenile delinquency, gang, social decay, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, society, youth, teenage life, politics ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
At an elite private Border School four students form a clique to sneak out of school after hours to meet, drink and play. By trying to escape the golden cage which their wealthy parents have stuck them in, they search for the Extreme. In the course ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
bullying, teen drug use, immorality, boarding school, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, lgbt, kids in trouble, youth, society, gay, teen angst ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime boss, gangster, prison, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, prison life, life is a bitch, gang, dishonesty, drug dealing, urban ghetto, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, ...
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, rough, hood ...
Plot:
prison, injustice, hip hop, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, musician's life, redemption, prison life, youth, society, murder, life sentence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school girl wrongly branded as the school slut embraces her 'bad reputation' and takes revenge on the kids who have made her life a living hell.
Style:
slasher, suspense, serious, suspenseful, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, high school, public humiliation, alcoholic mother, sexual harassment, sexual humiliation, domineering mother, teenage life, vengeance, juvenile delinquency, rape victim ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, kids in trouble, teenage life, youth, drug dealing, gang, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Tessa (Jessica White) faces more than the usual tribulations of adolescence. When bad times hit, she and her mother find themselves living on the streets. The injustice of poverty is emphasized by the fact that Tessa's school ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, youth, society, working class, parents and children, teenage life, family relations, survival, eviction, school, corporate crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
City of Men is a Brazilian television programme created by Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, the directors of the film City of God. The series was watched by 35 million viewers in Brazil and was released internationally on DVD shortly after the ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, friendship, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social decay, street kid, social problems, struggle, youth, young heroes, society, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sao paulo brazil, rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two Brothers; Tom and Felipe, have moved up the ranks of the street gangs because they have no greater devotion than the protection of each other. Luis, former gang member, is now a cop, his life having been turned around by Angelica, a female cop. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, going straight, gang, society, redemption, law enforcement, youth, urban ghetto, murder, brother brother relationship, family relations, hopes ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing class together. Through written words, they create a bond, but tragically a bond that cannot withstand her social pressures or his brutal home life.
Style:
uplifting, serious, sincere, realistic, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, delusion, child abuse, teenage life, domestic violence, dysfunctional family, enemies to lovers, notebook, social differences, friends, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
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